| 单词 | self-sufficing |
| 例句 | The precarious nature of all godless civilisation and the real tendency of self-sufficing pride are shown in Lamech. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z He vows himself to a self-sufficing pagan worship of nature. Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z "The patient and Meg are extremely self-sufficing," she said, dropping into a chair. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z It is strength To live four-square, careless of outward shows, And self-sufficing. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z The idea was to provide the country with a supply of wheat until sufficient wheat-growing soil could be broken up to make it practically self-sufficing in respect of wheat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z But Eastern manners need scarcely be called in to explain a sentiment which we find repeated by one who is generally esteemed the most self-sufficing of Europeans. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z The vast majority of fathers feel dismally constrained, indeed, and out of countenance in the presence of their girls—so smart and sophisticated, so superior, critical and self-sufficing are our latter-day school and college-maidens. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Most of this plateau is included in the great state of Minas, the most populous member of the Brazilian union, which is agriculturally self-sufficing, and one of the great mineral regions of the world. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z He was a General, with a most self-sufficing bearing, so much so, that the mere sight of it must have sent a tremor into the hearts of all the officials of West Siberia. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z In other words, Europe had ceased to be self-sufficing, the very life of its industries and its urban populations being dependent upon foreign importations from the most distant regions. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z Had we been created self-sufficing or in such conditions as involved no necessity of toil, nothing would be as it now is. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z For the first time he caught a vital glimpse of the primeval life of man, and recognised its self-sufficing dignity. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Paraguay was an isolated and almost self-sufficing commonwealth. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z They do not think it will be found self-sufficing and capable of guarding its own working. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z How should they, poor charming creatures, in their self-sufficing Latin intensity, know what or whether some barbarian had remotely "written"? Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The impression he made upon everybody was that of a completely self-sufficing—we do not say self-sufficient—man. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z In Cornwall, however, the housewife still bakes her own bread and is in other ways more self-sufficing, and let us add more thrifty, than elsewhere. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z His failure to adjust the customs tariff to the new conditions of a population which was no longer self-sufficing increased distress and discontent with it. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z The fleets of capital ships thus organized, and disposed as occasion may require and sound strategy dictate, are not, however, by any means to be regarded as autonomous and self-sufficing organisms. Naval Warfare Despite His so-called self-sufficiency, man is not very self-sufficing, after all. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Rare union: this man can live self-sufficing—yet lives also in the life of other men; can make men love him, work with him; a born king of men! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Each nation strives by means of an exclusive possession of colonies to become self-sufficing. American World Policies The Cambodian is his own artificer and self-sufficing so far as his own needs are concerned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" What did self-sufficing nature, in this season of early spring love, care for these sounds? Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He was not self-sufficing: he was only self-sufficient. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Even at this self-sufficing period of her life Margaret's journals were full of prayer and aspiration. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) But God is not exhausted in the world, nor dependent upon it: He exists eternally in His Triune Being, self-sufficing, self-subsistent.... Modern Substitutes for Christianity But this is seriously affected by that doctrine which attempts to regard the Cosmos as self-governing and self-sufficing, needing nothing, and failing in nothing. Naturalism And Religion In some men, the passion to succeed is clogged by the fear of failure; in others, the sense of their greatness is self-sufficing and indisposes them to effort. Studies in Contemporary Biography His military training and the self-sufficing determination which he had acquired in dealing with raw recruits had given him a knack of controlling his fellow-workers. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day I see her confessing that she was not so self-sufficing, so independent of sympathy, as people thought. Shirley He finds lonely meditation so inspiring that he is too indifferent to the troubles of less self-sufficing or clear-sighted human beings. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) No civilized European country was self-sufficing in the vital factors of a productive and progressive civilization—food, raw materials, machinery, fuel, transport, finance, and adequate supplies of skilled labor. Morals of Economic Internationalism To be self-sufficing will be the first precaution taken by our present enemies, in order that blockade may no longer be a weapon in our hands, so far as their necessary food is concerned. Another Sheaf The economic unit must be autonomous—self-governing, self-motivating, and in a sense, self-sufficing. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation The praise of life is that one is self-sufficing, taking less out than he put into the storehouse of civilization. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character It is a spiritual and temporal organisation of small extent, yet of a certain self-sufficing completeness. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) America is the only civilized country in the world that is virtually self-sufficing as regards the primary requirements of her economic life. Morals of Economic Internationalism We must suppose that a self-sufficing community might at one time, as well as at another, be drawn together by formative beliefs. Introduction to the Science of Sociology That this is not the case will appear from the following example:—A self-sufficing man produces daily for his daily consumption a quantity of food, etc., denoted by the figure 10. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production In regard to iron ore supplies of proper grade and quantity, the United States is more nearly self-sufficing than any of its competitors. The Economic Aspect of Geology Released from its subjection to architecture, increasing its technical resources, and widening its interests in the matter of subject so as to include all life, painting becomes an independent and self-sufficing art. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life It would be difficult to have a more scholarly, more adequate, more self-sufficing edition of a favourite book. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters The culture group of the other type, or kind, is a self-sufficing community. Introduction to the Science of Sociology As the small agriculturist on a self-sufficing farm must perform many different processes, so the manufacturer was not narrowed down to a single process of manufacture. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production The common rocks are commodities in which most countries of the globe are self-sufficing. The Economic Aspect of Geology They are not either self-sufficing or gallant enough to travel great roads without cringing,--clear-eyed, unafraid. This Simian World Personally, perhaps, she longed less for her mother's presence and sympathy than Frances did, for she was by nature more self-sufficing. Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls At this time also Great Britain had to recognize her growing dependence upon the sea, because her home territory had ceased to be self-sufficing. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 For the most part these small communities are self-sufficing for work and life, producing most of their own necessaries, and only dependent on distant and unknown producers for their comforts and luxuries. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Yet even the course which he took in this instance seems to have been rather the result of indecision than of independent self-sufficing courage and resolve. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I These slashers of the forest, these self-sufficing pioneers, raising the corn and live stock for their own need, living scattered and apart, had at first small interest in town life or a share in markets. The Frontier in American History How remote it all was from the white man's world, how self-sufficing and peaceful—how idyllic! A Daughter of the Middle Border Man is a person, because a subsistent, self-sufficing individual, furthermore endowed with reason. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles Within the nation we had for the most part a number of self-sufficing communities, or, in other words, there was little specialisation of function in the several parts, and little integration in the national industry. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production He claims for the individual limitless rights; and, repudiating all moral ties, asserts the complete sovereignty of the self-sufficing ego. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics It was a democratic self-sufficing, primitive agricultural society, in which individualism was more pronounced than the community life of the lowlands. The Frontier in American History In the first place, of course, the two are but parts of a still larger whole, neither being an independent, self-sufficing entity. On the Firing Line in Education A fortiori is the All a person, because if the Supreme is not self-sufficing, then nothing or nobody is. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles He was on the whole a very self-sufficing man—devoted to his wife as she was devoted to him. The Dictator But, like most twins, they were self-sufficing; besides, they were several years older. On the Stairs But in this busy region with its self-sufficing agriculture, the actual surplus capital, as in the South, found its way to Eastern cities. Expansion and Conflict The unit of social organization was the plantation, which naturally tended to become, and in the case of the larger plantations often became in fact, relatively complete and self-sufficing—a little world in itself. Beginnings of the American People In comparison with painting and sculpture, music and the literature of the theatre are not self-sufficing arts. Style in Singing To be so self-sufficing as not to need externals is good; to be so self-sufficing as not to need or to see God is ruin and death. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Dramatic art, in its purest modern conception, is genuinely positive; that is, it is the presentation of action, character, and motive in a self-sufficing and self-evolving order. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 3: Byron Dedisham, in its hollow, is an ancient agricultural settlement: a farm and feudatory cottages in perfect completeness, an isolated self-sufficing community, lacking nothing—not even the yellow ferret in the cage. Highways and Byways in Sussex Within the limits of these colonies dwelt a population of more than seventy thousand people, economically self-sufficing, possessed of well-defined political institutions and clearly marked types of social and intellectual life. Beginnings of the American People Each town was really a self-sufficing entity, both materially and intellectually. German Culture Past and Present And great congregations of plovers, curiously self-sufficing in their ability to dispense with the services of any feathered parson, lend colour and subconscious uplift to marshland scenes, which would otherwise look extremely triste. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920 Rich and soaring souls have a self-sufficing modesty, which, in its own exuberance, asks but little from others. The Friendships of Women They are boasting to-day that as a nation they are self-sufficing and self-supporting. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers To be economically self-sufficing in order to be politically independent was the cardinal doctrine. Beginnings of the American People In the Middle Ages every town, small no less than large, was a more or less self-sufficing organism, intellectually and industrially, and was not essentially dependent on the outside world for its social sustenance. German Culture Past and Present Every poet of a high order has a deep moral nature, and yet the poet is far from being a mere moralist— "A reasoning, self-sufficing thing, An intellectual all-in-all." The Last Harvest The self-sufficing, imperturbable will is the ideal possession, beside which all else in the world is valueless. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Also one of the conditions of happiness is that it be self-sufficing, else it would not set man's appetite at rest, as the last end does. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Inevitably the conditions of plantation life developed the aristocratic spirit, the sense of mastery and independence which comes from directing inferiors in an isolated and self-sufficing enterprise. Beginnings of the American People Venice, as a modern state, self-sufficing and concentrating power, legislated for its clergy as well as for its laity, resenting interference outside questions of pure doctrine. Lectures on Modern history Calm, self-sufficing, self-possessed, They never mingle with the rest, Watching with not unfriendly eye The antics of the lesser fry, Save when bold sparrows draw too near Their mighty beaks—and disappear. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 The example, by pre-eminence, of one self-sufficing work is the Bible. Practical Essays Your reason tells you that woman is independent, self-sufficing. The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts Thus every manor was wholly self-sufficing and self-sustaining, and towns were rendered almost unnecessary. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain The old self-sufficing, agricultural economy of England, which we have seen beginning to break up in the fourteenth century, was becoming thoroughly disintegrated. A Short History of English Agriculture Every man is warrior, hunter, fisherman, tool-maker, builder; every woman performs the same drudgeries; every family is self-sufficing, and save for purposes of aggression and defence, might as well live apart from the rest. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library The bear, to be sure, at five months old, was more grown up, more self-sufficing and efficient than the baby at five years; but he had the disadvantage of feeling himself an interloper. Children of the Wild The island seems to have been entirely self-sufficing, except for the importation of obsidian, probably from the neighbouring island of Linosa. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Only two elements broke the monotony of these self-sufficing agricultural communities. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain As late as the first quarter of the nineteenth century, for instance, Britain was still practically self-sufficing; her very large foreign trade was a trade in luxuries. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 Thus the commonwealth was a divinely founded and divinely directed organism, self-sufficing, with no dependence upon foreign sanction, with no question of its right. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Those areas of the globe, coloured red on the maps, may have all the resources requisite for a great, self-sufficing, economic unit of a new order. The Open Secret of Ireland Each country is to be, as far as possible, self-sufficing. Outspoken Essays Each village was practically self-sufficing; at the most it imported commodities like iron and salt; for the rest, it drew on itself and its own resources. The Unity of Civilization She is as young as on the first day; and the Alps are a symbol of the self-creating, self-sufficing, self-enjoying universe which lives for its own ends. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series But in Richard she was shy of the bleak isolation, the self-sufficing, the hard, chill core. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Perfection exists only in those more mechanical grades of being, in which joy is unconscious, but also self-sufficing. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Nay, truly there is nothing which can so well complete happiness as a state abounding in all good things, needing nothing from outside, but wholly self-sufficing. The Consolation of Philosophy The volume of critical work published in Germany is so considerable as to foster the illusion that it constitutes a self-sufficing world. The Unity of Civilization And now it is we who are strong and self-sufficing; it is she who leans on us. Mince Pie He whose being is eternal, underived, self-sufficing, self-determining, knowing no variation, no diminution, no age, He who is because He is and that He is, dwells in His fulness in our Saviour. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) AQUINAS:—Aristotelian mode of enquiry as to the end; God the highest good; true happiness lies in the self-sufficing theoretic intelligence; virtue; division of the virtues. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics He says: The village is still almost self-sufficing, and is in itself an economic unit. The Case for India The primitive savage, doing everything for himself, building his own hut, killing or finding his own food, and making his own clothes, such as they were, was an extremely versatile and self-sufficing person. The Unity of Civilization They were facts—absolute as the globe itself—regions of wisdom, perfect and self-sufficing. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Up to that moment he had believed himself to be firm: he was self-sufficing. The Man Who Laughs III.—We must consider next the Stoical theory of Happiness, or rather of the Good, which with them was proclaimed to be the sole, indispensable, and self-sufficing condition of Happiness. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics They stood alone, but curiously united and self-sufficing, upon the treeless inhospitable piece of land, ringed by the rivers, the great whispering reed-beds and the tide. Deadham Hard For aught I know, or see unworthy in the thought, the self-sufficing exquisite, for instance, may one day find himself chattering amongst fellow apes in some monkey-village of Africa or Burmah. Paul Faber, Surgeon It was very nearly a self-sufficing economic unit, "a closed economy," as it sometimes called. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II She is self-sufficing in a million respects in which we are not so. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy It affords the purest and most lasting pleasure; it approaches most nearly to being self-sufficing, since it postulates little more than the necessaries of life, and is even independent of society, though better with society. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics "Colonies are like fruits which remain on the tree only until they are ripe," said M. Turgot in 1750; "when they have become self-sufficing, they do as Carthage did, as America will one day do." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 To M. Maeterlinck she is the supreme instance of the self-sufficing soul, independent and regardless of the material event. The Three Brontës To be self-sufficing a farming family must carry on general farming, that is, must produce a diversity of products. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II It is the compensation of such natures that they are self-sufficing and are as indifferent of such recognition as they are superior to it. Calvert of Strathore He had thought that she would be one of those disagreeable, forward, self-sufficing, modern young women, who are absorbed only in themselves, and in the effect they produce on other people. From out the Vasty Deep To make a manual complete and self-sufficing is precisely what I have not intended. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins The needs of these shepherds would be small, and the latifundia of this kind were probably almost self-sufficing, no free labour being required. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero Again, experience always involved lack, need, desire; it was never self-sufficing. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education She describes most lovingly this little world, apart, exclusive and self-sufficing, in which life was so intense. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings But it was a self-sufficing house, an epitome of humanity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Eventually there was Captain Dunning, god of this brief but self-sufficing microcosm. The Beautiful and Damned Here and there a few tufts of primroses, on the bosom of the crag above the river, lonely and self-sufficing, like all loveliest things, starred the dimness of the rock. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I It is not secured by a change of sentiment regarding the dignity of labor, and the superiority of a life of service to that of an aloof self-sufficing independence. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education I had heard hundreds of such little minced, docked, dry phrases, from the pursed-up coral lips of a score of self-possessed, self-sufficing misses and mesdemoiselles. Villette But while indeed the major was naturally checked by a self-sufficing feminine presence, the cause that mainly operated to his suppression was of another kind and from an opposite source. Weighed and Wanting He was a self-sufficing man who from an early age showed signs of becoming some day a financial magnate. The Gem Collector I know that you are proud and self-sufficing, and," a little bitterly, "that I can never be anything more to you than the dust thrown up by your horse's heels—a necessary evil. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada The more purely mental it is, the more independent or self-sufficing is it. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education Unlike in the expression of their beauty, but alike in this,—that each was self-sufficing. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Both began by assuming that man is self-sufficing and the world sufficient; the verdict of the one in consequence being "vanity of vanities, all is vanity," of the other what the poet here records. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson It is sad to see the strong, self-sufficing man casting about for a little sympathy, even for a little praise. Among My Books First Series I had all that she could give me—she that was self-sufficing, not to be imparted. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution In knowing, in the life of theory, reason finds its own full manifestation; knowing for the sake of knowing irrespective of any application is alone independent, or self-sufficing. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education Certainly, however, we are self-sufficing in a degree unknown to most European countries; and we have within our borders the materials of every comfort and the resources of every need. A Traveler from Altruria: Romance In his own eyes Nebuchadnezzar was still the great self-dependent, self-sufficing conqueror, wiser and stronger than all the men around him. Sermons on National Subjects And when we are satisfied with God, we shall 'have learnt in whatsoever state we are, therewith to be self-sufficing.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV And this eternal, ever-living, self-sufficing, absolute, independent, unwearied, inexhaustible God is the God whose favour is as inexhaustible as Himself, and eternal as His own being. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII She must always be throwing fresh fuel into her heart and mind: she cannot be self-sufficing. Jean-Christophe Journey's End In the Prelude he relates how, from early childhood, I was taught to feel, perhaps too much, The self-sufficing power of solitude. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Next, we have the great Name, 'the Lord,' Jehovah, which speaks of timeless, independent, unchanging, self-sufficing being. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms And yet if we look through the epochs that have been most fertile of great poets, the instances of such self-sufficing hardiness are rare. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius "Yes, I thought that my own brain and will were self-sufficing, that I was wiser than you all." The Precipice Christophe felt sure what he had to do: but he had no poet, and he was forced to be self-sufficing and to confine himself to music. Jean-Christophe Journey's End Each had lived a lonely, self-sufficing life; they were entirely unsuitable companions for each other. Gone to Earth They go down to the mystery of all mysteries, - to the mystery of the unfathomable One God, who dwells alone in the light which none can approach unto, self-sustained and self-sufficing for ever. Discipline and Other Sermons On the one hand, it destroyed the position of the workman as a self-sufficing industrial unit, and made him dependent on a capitalist for employment and the means of supporting life. Problems of Poverty But he was a quiet, self-sufficing youth, and was rarely to be seen in public. The White Feather They are not either self-sufficing or gallant enough to travel great roads without cringing,—clear-eyed, unafraid. This Simian World She moved about the world, blunt and self-sufficing, and he hated her as he hated no one else. The Coming of Bill All self-sufficing wilt thou from that lovely circle stand— That creature still to creature links in faith's familiar band? The Poems of Schiller — Third period The state is "a community of well-being in families and aggregations of families for the sake of a perfect and self-sufficing life." Politics: A Treatise on Government Defoe has left a charming description of the region about Halifax in Yorkshire, toward the year 1730, where he found the whole population busy, prosperous, healthy, and, in the main, self-sufficing. The Emancipation of Massachusetts The typical modern family is no longer self-sufficing, but is dependent upon the factory system for many commodities formerly prepared within the home circle. Problems in American Democracy But even in big cities, there are quarters and nests of villages containing self-sufficing social sets. Public Opinion He would discover, moreover, that practically each farm was self-sufficing, producing only what its own occupants could consume, and that consequently there was comparatively little external trade in farm produce. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Thus village industries grew up, and in unprogressive countries, such as India, where, owing to distance and lack of communications, villages were isolated and self-sufficing, this village economy became stereotyped, and the village trades hereditary. The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution What if they were weary of worship and reverence from mortal men, and, self-sufficing in their own perfect bliss, recked nothing for the weal or woe of earth? Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face There was little in the way of trade or travel, for the area comprising the village or the feudal manor was relatively self-sufficing. Problems in American Democracy It will reassert itself vehemently until upon our English tradition we shall have built an American civilization as definitely crystallized, a literature as rich and self-sufficing, as that of France and England to-day. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Indeed if anywhere such a self-sufficing organism did exist, we could never know it. The Nature of Goodness Also, in such a patriarchal community, which is self-sufficing, there is little need of money: barter takes the place of trade…. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation The considerations that concern the moralist are rather such as these: Is it advisable to keep our own people self-sufficing, producing all they need to consume? Problems of Conduct The Crusades, the decay of feudalism, and the Renaissance disrupted the stable, isolated, and self-sufficing life of the medieval neighborhood. Problems in American Democracy If any imperfect creature were self-sufficing, what would he have to enjoy? Emile These self-sufficing ships knew no divided authority: no pilot ever took the helm from the captain's hands; no mutines lay in bilboes, no passengers complained of the provisions. Pagan Papers Every unit of that aggregate, each one of the multitude of petty despotisms composing it, most jealously guards its own particular traditions and customs, and remains self-sufficing. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation But this is a development which harmonises much more with the old idea of an offering as a communion between God and man than does the other self-sufficing general churchly sacrifice. Prolegomena High protection was thus defended on the grounds that it permitted the United States to be nationally self-sufficing, thus allowing us to be relatively independent of other countries, especially in war time. Problems in American Democracy How should he be dependent on any one when he is self-sufficing and free from prejudice? Emile Like all proud natures condemned to solitude, he tried to convince himself that he had no need of society, that he despised its attractions, and could be self-sufficing. Born in Exile For hours together he would poke about the country with a dog, a gun and a cigar, perfectly independent and self-sufficing, whether engaged in sport, repartee, or literature. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One Like many a man, self-made and self-sufficing, he craved companionship which his characteristic qualities of independence and strength seemed to render unnecessary and undesired. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today Economically it was very nearly self-sufficing, that is to say, most of the food, clothing, and other necessities consumed by it were prepared by the family members. Problems in American Democracy He who does as he likes is happy provided he is self-sufficing; it is so with the man who is living in a state of nature. Emile General Miles had from the first considered Porto Rico the best immediate objective: it was much nearer Spain than Cuba, was more nearly self-sufficing if left alone, and less defensible if attacked. The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power The well-managed plantation, lying near the highways of commerce, with its division of labor, nearly or quite self-sufficing, was the bulwark of the Confederacy. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states Your wisdom people believe to consist in this, that you look upon yourself as self-sufficing and regard the changes and chances of mortal life as powerless to affect your virtue. Treatises on Friendship and Old Age She has practically everything necessary to a healthy and self-sufficing industrial life. Problems in American Democracy According to this principle, any one who wanted to consider himself as an isolated individual, self-sufficing and independent of others, could only be utterly wretched. Emile His life, too, is more complete and self-sufficing, and less sordid and low- thoughted than you might imagine. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition It is also curious and interesting that the Phoenicians should have been able to ingratiate themselves with another most exclusive and self-sufficing people, viz. the Jews. History of Phoenicia The people are not God, whatever some theorists may pretend—are not independent, self-existent, and self-sufficing. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Especially on the frontier many communities were still economically self-sufficing, but to an increasing extent the development of commerce and manufacturing was everywhere calling for a closer coöperation between various sections of the country. Problems in American Democracy Forsooth, there is a lake in me, sequestered and self-sufficing; but the stream of my love beareth this along with it, down—to the sea! Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none My proud, self-sufficing temper gradually dissolved into a soft melancholy, which in turn has been swallowed up by those delights of motherhood which have been its reward. Letters of Two Brides This," continued the Recluse, "is the life of nature, solitary, self-sufficing, and independent. The Black Dwarf Nature is no more self-sufficing than are the people, or than is the individual man. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny This man can live self-sufficing—yet lives also in the life of other men; can make men love him, work with him: a born king of men! The French Revolution |
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